Silvan Krähenbühl is an entrepreneur and podcast host based in Zürich, Switzerland. He loves to put ideas into action with great teams and hit goals he didn’t think were possible. Currently, he is the host of the podcast Swisspreneur (Switzerland's # 1 podcast for entrepreneurs) and Enterprise Account Director at Rentouch.

During this episode, we are talking about his experience building GymHopper and exiting this startup, how his gym routine has helped in the entrepreneurship path, how Silvan arrives to work as an ecosystem builder in Swisspreneur, key lessons learned from all the interviewees of the podcast, his passion for B2B sales and insights about it.

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- If you want to read really interesting articles written by Silvan, check out: https://www.silvankraehenbuehl.com/things-i-write

- Feel free to follow Silvan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silvankraehenbuehl/

- To know more about Swisspreneur & Rentouch, you can visit their website at https://www.swisspreneur.org/ and https://rentouch.ch/

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Vaclav Gregor is the CEO & Partner of Soulmates Ventures. His mission is to accelerate bold entrepreneurs building a more sustainable future. Since 2020, the fund has been investing in a portfolio of companies addressing the most urgent and pressing environmental challenges. Some of the portfolio startups are Tesla Medical, Precismo, Perfect-Air, edlab, and sensetio.

During this episode, we are talking about the beginnings of Soulmates Ventures, how Vaclav arrives to work on this mission to accelerate purpose-driven companies, what are his recommendations to aspiring founders while creating their business, what is their criteria to invest in companies, how to approach hiring senior talent for your startup, and what is his next move with Soulmates.

- If you want to read really interesting articles, check out the Soulmates Ventures Journal: https://www.soulmatesventures.com/journal/

- Feel free to follow Vaclav on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaclavgregor/

- To know more about Soulmates Ventures, you can visit their website at http://www.soulmatesventures.com/.

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Charlotte Melkert is the Co-Founder & CEO of Equalture. She is on the journey to disrupt the HR market with a digital tool shaping the world of unbiased hiring. Since 2018, Charlotte has started this company with her twin sister, Fleur Melkert, and they are currently a team of 37 people with their main headquarter in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Equalture is an HR software that helps SMBs collect unbiased insights on the skills and behaviors of both their team and candidates to hire the best-fits without bias, by using a gamified approach.

During this episode, we are talking about the beginnings of Equalture, how Charlotte arrives to work on this mission to fix the hiring process, what are her recommendations to aspiring founders while creating their tech startups, what has been their process to build the product, and what's the future of hiring.

Also, if you are planning to build a digital product soon, Charlotte recommends checking out this book: Hooked - How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal (https://www.nirandfar.com/hooked/).

- Feel free to follow Charlotte Melkert on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-melkert-07987b81/.

- To know more about Equalture, you can visit their website at https://www.equalture.com.

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Sasha Lipman is the founder of tech2impact. She is currently leading a team of 20+ people on a mission to support impact tech founders in scaling and fundraising.

tech2impact is a global digital hub for impact tech, supporting founders with needed resources and opportunities, and providing tailored guidance on corporate impact innovation. The heart of their ecosystem are founders, who build solutions to real global problems, using technology or science with a business model in place.

During the episode, we are talking about the story of tech2impact, what are the main challenges which startups are dealing with, the status of the impact-driven companies funding in Europe, how Sasha manages her time as the CEO of tech2impact, and valuable resources that she keeps using to grow this venture.

- Feel free to follow Sasha Lipman at her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sashalipman/ 

- Also get to know more about tech2impact over here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech2impact/

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Richard Gabor is the CEO at reWATT. He has been working in the Solar Energy sector for more than 4 years now with Solarity as a Chief Financial Officer and started reWATT in 2020.

At reWATT, they are designing & implementing Solar Energy solutions for commercial entities to help with the reduction of CO2 emissions, reduction of electricity costs, and dependence on electricity supply.

During this episode, we are talking about the story of reWATT and Solarity, what is the process to set up solar energy plants in factories, what’s the current status of the energy sector in the Czech Republic and Europe, how Richard managed his time to build this company, and other ventures, and which are the resources he uses to keep learning as an entrepreneur.

- Feel free to follow Richard Gabor at his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardgabor/ 

- Also to know more about reWATT over here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rewattepc/

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Julia Devecchi is the founder & CEO of naanu. She is passionate about making plant-based products. In naanu, she is making cookies that are tasty and also can provide you with 100% of your daily needs of vitamins & minerals.

During this podcast episode, we are talking about the story of naanu, what is the process she recommends to kickstart a company, what are the mentors/institutions to follow when starting a business, what’s the status of the FoodTech ecosystem in Switzerland and other countries, how did she create a team to move forward, and other important topics of her business journey.

Feel free to follow Julia on her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-devecchi-mas and get to know more about naanu over here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mynaanu/ 

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Phil Newman is the founder of First Longevity and editor-in-chief of www.longevity.technology. He focuses on bringing together innovators and investors to commercialize the companies that will form the Longevity economy. 

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During this podcast episode, we are talking about the story of founding First Longevity, what does it mean Longevity for him, what's the current state of the Longevity Ecosystem, what's the future of this sector, and his recommendations for aspiring founders to follow.

Feel free to follow Phil on his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-newman-61544b/

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Linda is the managing partner of Spark Works (https://www.sparkworks.ch/). She is an innovation consultant, service designer and lecturer with a background in strategic design, visual communication and art. Having worked in the field of arts and visual design, she realized that her passion and responsibility as a designer go beyond the sole creation of objects and appearances, towards generating innovative solutions with value for users, businesses and society as a whole.

At Spark Works she builds and leads inspiring research programs with interdisciplinary teams to tackle complex innovation challenges and contribute insights and creative thinking to projects in the private and public sector. The company blends methods grounded in Design Thinking and apply them throughout the design process to inform and inspire insight-driven and human-centered opportunities.

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During this podcast episode, we are talking about her story of founding Spark Works, how her company is helping companies to tackle complex innovation challenges, what's the Design Thinking process and her recommendations for aspiring founders to follow.

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Michaela is the founder & design director of Butterflies & Hurricanes (https://www.butterflies-hurricanes.cz/) - it's a design studio based in Prague, Czech Republic - they are helping NGOs and SMEs be more sustainable in the design of brands and their packagings.

Her company is involved in different activities and social media campaigns to make the world a better place in recycling and other issues. Also, she is offering her help to brands going from Marketing to Mattering. Feel free to listen to this episode, learn how is the process to design sustainable packaging, and join her movement.

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Anna is the COO of Startup Guide (https://www.startupguide.com). She is currently making sure the business operations are running smoothly. Anna has been working in Startup Guide for more than 3 years and she is going to tell us more about her story working at Startup Guide, the process behind, tips while running the business, the exciting mission they are up to and their future plans.

Also if you love eating and baking bread, we talked about her family venture WeBread (https://www.we-bread.com/). WeBread promises beautiful bread that’s easy to bake at home and is made from all-natural ingredients sourced locally in the Nock Mountains, Austria.

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